Effective from January 1, 2009, there are changes to the migration program in Australia for those looking to come to Australia as skilled migrants.
The changes make it so that skilled migrants who have a confirmed job, or have skills in critical need will be given priority for a permanent visa to come to Australia.
The changes were made to ensure that the Skilled Migration program is driven by the requirements of industry and targets skills in critical need across a number of sectors. This means that the migration program will be more responsive to the needs of the economy in Australia and focus on helping industries that are experiencing skills shortages.
The four key points of the changes are:
1. Prioritizing and improving the processing of sponsored permanent migration visas, where skilled migrants are nominated by employers for jobs that cannot be filled locally
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